List of shipwrecks in 1950

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The list of shipwrecks in 1950 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1950.

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January[]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1950
Ship Country Description
HMS Truculent  Royal Navy The T-class submarine was sunk in collision with oil tanker ( Sweden). A total of 64 crew killed. Submarine later salvaged and scrapped.

15 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1950
Ship Country Description
HMS Thermopylae  Royal Navy The T-class submarine ran aground on Stevenson Rock, off Skerryvore, Inner Hebrides.[1]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1950
Ship Country Description
BO-42 South Molluccan rebels : The Higgins patrol boat was sunk by KRI Pati Unus ( Indonesian Navy).[2]
Jai Lang South Molluccan rebels : The Higgins patrol boat was sunk by KRI Pati Unus ( Indonesian Navy).[2]

17 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1950
Ship Country Description
USS Missouri  United States Navy
USS Missouri aground in Chesapeake Bay

The Iowa-class battleship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay. She was refloated on 1 February.

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1950
Ship Country Description
Sea Shell  United States The 11-gross register ton, 33.7-foot (10.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at (57°26′00″N 133°50′15″W / 57.43333°N 133.83750°W / 57.43333; -133.83750 (Gambier Point)) on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska.[3]

27 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1950
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster was in collision with the collier Colonel Crompton ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London and sank.

29 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1950
Ship Country Description
 Turkey The cargo ship ran aground on the Ortach Reef, Alderney, Channel Islands. Floated free and sank the next day.[4] All 50 crew were rescued.[5]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1950
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coaster struck a mine and sank off Langeoog, Netherlands with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew.[6] The survivors were rescued by the tug Rumania ( United Kingdom).[7]
 Norway The coaster ran aground at Scremerston, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All sixteen on board were rescued.[8]

February[]

1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the River Severn off Chepstow, Monmouthshire and was wrecked.[9][10]

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The collier was in collision with ( Yugoslavia) in the Thames Estuary at Greenhithe, London and sank. All twelve crew were rescued.[11]

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1950
Ship Country Description
 Finland The cargo ship sank off Texel, Netherlands with the loss of eleven of her 27 crew. The two stowaways on board were rescued.[12]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1950
Ship Country Description
Hong Kong The tug capsized and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the mouth of the River Wear whilst towing unfinished ocean liner ( United Kingdom). Four of her six crew were killed.[13]
Wing Hing  Hong Kong The vessel caught fire and was beached at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. Constructive total loss.

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground near the , Reykjavík, Iceland. Twenty-seven of her 50 crew were drowned when their lifeboats capsized.[14] Declared a total loss on 5 March.[15]

24 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1950
Ship Country Description
Arrow  United States The 38-gross register ton, 58.8-foot (17.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off the east coast of "Mary Island" – most likely (58°04′N 157°29′W / 58.067°N 157.483°W / 58.067; -157.483 (Mary Island)) – in Southeast Alaska.[16]
Benledi  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire east of Malta and was abandoned. Later repaired and returned to service.
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground eight nautical miles (15 km) north of Twofold Point, New South Wales, Australia (35°56′S 149°57′E / 35.933°S 149.950°E / -35.933; 149.950) and was declared a total loss.[17]

March[]

9 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1950
Ship Country Description
Pioneer  Australia The dredger was scuttled off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.[18]

15 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1950
Ship Country Description
Sainte Anne  France Last communication from the ship off the Balearic Islands, no further trace.[19]

17 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1950
Ship Country Description
Elsie  United States The 8-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel disappeared during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to the Territory of Alaska with the loss of the two men on board.[20]

26 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1950
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster en route from Littlehampton to Saint Malo in ballast ran aground on the Paternoster Reef, off Jersey, Channel Islands and was abandoned and sank.[21]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1950
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The Vosper 73 ft fast patrol boat (formerly the Motor Torpedo Boat HMS MTB 530 sank after a collision with sister fast patrol boat ( Royal Navy) 30 miles off the Hook of Holland during a naval exercise.[22][23]

April[]

10 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The ferry ran aground at Calais, France. Refloated later that day.[24]

12 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1950
Ship Country Description
Shangri-La  United States The 8-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Sitka to Pelican.[3]

18 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1950
Ship Country Description
 Costa Rica The small freighter was declared overdue, apparently lost in bad weather while en route from Savannah to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.[25]

May[]

2 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1950
Ship Country Description
Falcon  United States The 26-gross register ton, 45.3-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel sank 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of (55°53′N 159°50′W / 55.883°N 159.833°W / 55.883; -159.833 (Mitrofania Island)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[26]

5 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1950
Ship Country Description
 United States The 32-foot (9.8 m), 13-gross register ton fishing boat sank during a storm in Sturgeon Bay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, at 44°54.030′N 087°24.898′W / 44.900500°N 87.414967°W / 44.900500; -87.414967 (America).[27]

7 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The hulk of the cargo liner was sunk as a target by the South African Air Force off Cape Town.[28]

10 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1950
Ship Country Description
Midget  United States During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, the 12-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) purse seiner disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of all three people aboard.[29]

15 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Liberty ship was wrecked at Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia.[30]

24 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1950
Ship Country Description
Double Knot  United States The 15-gross register ton, 34.1-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) east of Cape Saint Elias. One man on board perished.[31]

25 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1950
Ship Country Description
People's Liberation Army Navy Chinese Civil War: : The landing craft infantry was sunk by Nationalist ships.[32]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: : The auxiliary gunboat was captured by ( People's Liberation Army Navy). Two crewmen were killed and seven were taken as prisoners of war. The vessel was set adrift in sinking condition due to battle damage.[32]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: : The auxiliary gunboat was sunk by ( People's Liberation Army Navy). The vessel was lost with all ten hands.[32]

26 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1950
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with the steamer ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, England. All 37 crew were rescued. Felspar was beached south of Deal, Kent.[33]

June[]

1 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1950
Ship Country Description
Sand Runner  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St. Ives Head. All crew saved. Ship refloated the following day.[34]

19 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1950
Ship Country Description
Santos  Panama The passenger-cargo ship hit a mine and sank in the Yangtze River near Wusong, People's Republic of China.

23 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1950
Ship Country Description
Fairwind  Australia The survey vessel foundered off New South Wales with the loss of all seventeen crew.

26 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1950
Ship Country Description
Lutterworth  New Zealand The barque was sunk as a target by Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft.
unidentified Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: The unidentified troop transport was shelled and sunk in the Korean Straits off Pusan, South Korea by ( Republic of Korea Navy) with the loss of up to 600 crew and troops.[35]

29 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1950
Ship Country Description
 Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: : The Daejeon-class minesweeper was shelled and sunk by ( Korean People's Army Naval Force).[36]
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: : The supply schooner was shelled and sunk by USS Juneau and USS De Haven (both  United States Navy).[36]

July[]

2 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1950
Ship Country Description
, , and Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Battle of Chumonchin Chan: The G-5-class motor torpedo boats were shelled by USS Juneau ( United States Navy), HMS Black Swan and HMS Jamaica (both  Royal Navy). Two sunk and one damaged and beached/wrecked.[37][38]
, and Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Battle of Chumonchin Chan: The two OD-200 Type patrol boats was shelled and sunk by USS Juneau ( United States Navy), HMS Black Swan and HMS Jamaica (both  Royal Navy).[37][39]

3 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Three supply schooners were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: A convoy of seven trawlers was shelled and sunk by USS Juneau ( United States Navy).[36]

5 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The vessel, standing guard overnight under HMS Warspite's bow at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, was holed in the engine room, towed off and eventually drifted ashore at Long Rock, a few miles to the west.[40][41]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1950
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship was wrecked off Kapp Borthen, Svalbard.[42]

10 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1950
Ship Country Description
No. 3 People's Liberation Army Navy Chinese Civil War: The gunboat was sunk by a Nationalist Chinese auxiliary gunboat at . 12 crewmen killed, 5 survivors.[43]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1950
Ship Country Description
Franconia  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground at Île d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada.[44] Refloated on 16 July.[45] All 1,272 passengers and crew rescued.[46]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: Battle of Pishan Island: The gunboat was shelled by Red Chinese ships, then rammed and sunk by ( People's Liberation Army Navy) at .[47]

22 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Three small ships were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

26 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1950
Ship Country Description
Royal Egyptian Navy The Arish-class minesweeper blew up and sank from a fuel tank explosion off Mersa Matruh.[48]

27 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: A convoy of 12 small sailing vessels were shelled and sunk by and (both  Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

August[]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Unknown Korean War: The steamer was shelled and sunk in Mokpo Harbor by HMS Cockade and HMS Cossack (both  Royal Navy).[36]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Two motorboats were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Four small vessels were shelled and sunk by an unknown South Korean warship.[36]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: A convoy of seven small sailing vessels were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Mayakovsky  Soviet Union The overloaded steamer sank in the Daugava River in Riga in the Soviet Union's Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, killing 147 people.

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unidentified vessels Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Fifteen small vessels were sunk by gunfire – and another 30 captured – by the minesweeper ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unidentified motorboat Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: The motorboat was sunk by gunfire by the minesweeper ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Hazel I  United States The 7-gross register ton 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire between and on the in Southeast Alaska.[49]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Yangtze, China.[50]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Mahina Hou  United States The 160-gross register ton, 103.6-foot (31.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked just west of (59°59′30″N 143°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.88333°W / 59.99167; -143.88333 (Cape Suckling)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[29]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1950
Ship Country Description
USS Benevolence  United States Navy The hospital ship collided with Mary Luckenbach ( United States) off San Francisco, California and sank with the loss of 23 of her 505 crew.
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: One sail boat was shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Two motorboats were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Three ships were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1950
Ship Country Description
Unknown Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: Two motorboats were shelled and sunk by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[36]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1950
Ship Country Description
 Canada The cruise ship caught fire in the St. Lawrence River, a total loss.[51]
Vermay  United States The 50-ton 50-foot (15.2 m) wooden fishing vessel sank near Cape Muzon, Territory of Alaska.[52]

September[]

3 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Naughty Marletta  United States The 12-gross register ton, 33.8-foot (10.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a small island near the outer entrance to the eastern channel of Sitka Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and sank.[53]

7 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Basil  United States The 28-gross register ton, 47-foot (14.3 m) motor vessel, a former landing craft mechanized, was wrecked on the beach at Cape Lisburne on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.[54]

10 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster was wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Dublin, Ireland.[55]
Unidentified Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: The unidentified minelayer was shelled and sunk off Haeju, South Korea by ( Republic of Korea Navy).[35]

12 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sands, 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Harwich, Essex.[56]

13 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Three small boats Korean People's Army Naval Force Korean War: The submarine chaser ( Republic of Korea Navy) sank the small boats with gunfire.[36]

15 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner foundered at Southport and was dismantled in situ.[57]
Libby, McNeill & Libby IX No. 16  United States The 35-gross register ton, 59.9-foot (18.3 m) scow was destroyed by fire in George Inlet on the southern coast of Revillagigedo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[58]

16 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1950
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The ocean liner was driven ashore on the Argyllshire coast in a storm. She was being towed from Lisbon, Portugal to the Clyde for scrapping and had a skeleton crew of eight on board. They were rescued by breeches buoy.[59]
La Place  Marine Nationale The Tacoma-class frigate struck a mine in the off St Malo and sank with the loss of 51 of her 92 crew.[60]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1950
Ship Country Description
P C #1  United States The 94-gross register ton, 56-foot (17.1 m) scow sank in heavy seas off (57°40′52″N 136°15′18″W / 57.6811°N 136.2550°W / 57.6811; -136.2550 (Cape Edward)) on (57°40′58″N 136°11′46″W / 57.6828°N 136.1961°W / 57.6828; -136.1961 (Herbert Graves Island)) in Southeast Alaska.[61]

22 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1950
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the Åland, Finland with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew.[62]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Hyacinth  United States The 33-gross register ton, 49.4-foot (15.1 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in the anchorage at Katalla, Territory of Alaska.[49]

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Liberté  France The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. Later refloated.[63]

28 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1950
Ship Country Description
Gapyeong  Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: The Geumgagsan-class minesweeper was mined and sunk. 26 crewmen killed.[35]

October[]

1 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1950
Ship Country Description
USS Magpie  United States Navy Korean War: The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Chuksan, Korea with 21 crewmen missing, including her commanding officer. 12 survivors rescued by USS Merganser ( United States Navy).[64]

5 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the motor barge Betty Hudson ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank 36 nautical miles (67 km) downstream of London Bridge.[65]

11 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1950
Ship Country Description
Veron Mao  United States The 10-gross register ton 33.5-foot (10.2 m) wooden pleasure craft sank in Cook Inlet in the Territory of Alaska.[52]

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1950
Ship Country Description
USS Pirate  United States Navy Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The Admirable-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do Island off Wonsan, Korea with 6 missing and 43 wounded. Survivors rescued by USS Incredible, USS Redhead, USS Kite, and USS Endicott (all  United States Navy).[66]
USS Pledge  United States Navy Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The Admirable-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do Island off Wonsan, Korea with one crewman killed and six missing. Survivors rescued by USS Incredible, USS Redhead, USS Kite, and USS Endicott (all  United States Navy).[67]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1950
Ship Country Description
 Argentina The passenger ship ran aground on South Georgia. All 250 on board were rescued.[68]
Lark  United States The 17-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) south of Yakataga Beach (60°04′30″N 142°28′30″W / 60.07500°N 142.47500°W / 60.07500; -142.47500 (Yakataga Beach)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[58]

18 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1950
Ship Country Description
 Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The Geumgagsan-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Wonsan, Korea.[69]

24 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1950
Ship Country Description
 Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt and broke up. All crew rescued.[70]

27 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1950
Ship Country Description
Pierson Petroleum  United States The 85-gross register ton, 59.5-foot (18.1 m) tanker scow sank off Naknek, Territory of Alaska.[61]

November[]

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Seniority  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Leinish Point, Inner Hebrides. Sank the next day off Bo Vich Chuan Rock, Inner Hebrides.

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Tsze Hong  United Kingdom The foundered off Formosa.[71]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Masterman  United Kingdom The tug struck Hogus Rocks, Cornwall. The tug Tradesman ( United Kingdom) was damaged in assisting to free Masterman and had to be taken in tow by tug ( United Kingdom).[41]

15 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Dixie  United States The 10-gross register ton, 34.4-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks near (57°55′00″N 136°33′30″W / 57.91667°N 136.55833°W / 57.91667; -136.55833 (Cape Bingham)) on the north coast of Yakobi Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska with the loss of two lives. The sole survivor clung to (58°05′10″N 136°33′38″W / 58.0861°N 136.5606°W / 58.0861; -136.5606 (Yakobi Rock)) for two days before local residents in a 32-foot (9.8 m) vessel rescued him on 17 November.[31]

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Copper  United States The 7-gross register ton, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while docked at Seldovia, Territory of Alaska.[72]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore near Puri, India in a cyclone. She broke her back and was declared a total loss.[73]

26 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1950
Ship Country Description
Selnes  Norway The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and was beached on the West Barrow Sands, where she was declared a total loss.

30 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1950
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Firth of Forth. Refloated the next day.[74]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1950
Ship Country Description
I P Suhr  Denmark The collier capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of 20 crew.

7 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1950
Ship Country Description
Arctic Chief  United States The 775-gross register ton, 149.7-foot (45.6 m) scow was wrecked in the Gulf of Alaska east of Marmot Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[16]

11 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1950
Ship Country Description
Bechuana  South Africa The Channel tanker ran aground at Port Nolloth, South Africa. A total loss.

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1950
Ship Country Description
Etivebank  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Licata, Italy after her anchor chain broke in heavy weather. Later refloated and returned to service.
Unknown  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: A convoy of five small Nationalist Chinese sailboats were sunk by and (both People's Liberation Army Navy) in the Zhoushan Islands. 70 crewmen and troops killed.[43]

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1950
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship was wrecked at Tacloban, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Tacloban to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[75]
Santagata  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, and was wrecked.[17] She broke in two and was declared a total loss. All 32 crew were rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat.

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1950
Ship Country Description
 Greece The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Camiguin Island, Philippines and broke in two, a total loss.[76]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1950
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The harbour defence motor launch was sunk.[77]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The harbour defence motor launch was sunk.[77]
 United States The retired 7,176-gross register ton cargo ship — a Liberty ship — was run aground deliberately in Cape Cod Bay off Eastham, Massachusetts, at 41°49.7′N 070°11.2′W / 41.8283°N 70.1867°W / 41.8283; -70.1867 (James E. Longstreet). Her wreck broke up and settled in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[78]
 Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: The YMS-1-class coastal minesweeper was sunk.[79]
 Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: The BYMS-class coastal minesweeper was sunk.[79]
Nelsine  United States The 9-gross register ton, 33.9-foot (10.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Homer Spit on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[53]
Unidentified motor launches Royal Egyptian Navy Two Fairmile B motor launches sank ca. 1949–1950.[80]

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Ship events in 1950
Ship launches: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Ship commissionings: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Ship decommissionings: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1952 1954 1955
Shipwrecks: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
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